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[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

Am I the only one a little bothered by Dumbledore? Not only with the fact he could end up in the Guinness Book Of World Records for "Most Incompetent Headmaster of All Time" (though I'm sure there's worse. :P), but also because...he just bugs me. I know JKR was trying to write him as the "flawed Yoda", so to speak (and to be fair, he's nowhere near Yoda. XD), but it's also how...preachy he gets. Towards Fudge, for example. You know, in Goblet of Fire, with, "You place too much importance on purity of blood, yadda yadda et cetera et cetera" -- which considering how he treated Tom Riddle and the Slytherins is...slightly hypocritical isn't it? Probably bad writing on JKR's part, though. :/

Anyways, sorry 'bout the rambling. Thoughts?

Comments

[sunnyskywalker]

I also can't get over people agreeing with the Marauders that it's a "schoolboy grudge." A schoolboy grudge is when you don't get over that kid calling you names and pushing over your bike and nothing else - NOT still being upset about ATTEMPTED MURDER which your own headmaster covered up and which your best friend wouldn't even believe was a serious threat because she believes the attempted murderer's best friend's version.

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

*This*, just this! :D

[borg-princess.livejournal.com]

Exactly! It's ridic how they don't think Snape has a legitimate reason to be angry and hurt about what happened to him. And to equate their 'grudges'- um, so what was Sirius' grudge? Snape was bullied and then almost died...Sirius? Well, like James, he just hated Snape for existing. How is that- just- ugh! You can't compare the two!

[sunnyskywalker]

If they were genuinely repentant, then I could see a reason for him to forgive them - but they're as bad as ever! Sirius flat-out says Snape "deserved" to be eaten by a werewolf in OotP, after having had years to think about it. (And even if he feels no sympathy for Snape, what about the fact that he had also set up Lupin to go to Azkaban? That prank was a bad idea in so many ways.) And Lupin resists taking his potion.

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

Oh God yes...that Wolfsbane thing in PoA bugged the crap out of me. D: